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∞ 80% of people will skip stores on Black Friday

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Nielsen:

Recent weekly Nielsen surveys of shoppers show that, much like in 2010, the majority of consumers (80%) are avoiding in-store Black Friday shopping. While increased Black Friday promotions appeal to consumer’s desire for “hot deals,” as a shopping event, Black Friday is becoming less relevant in the retail world as online shopping grows and holiday promotions begin earlier and earlier in the year. In fact, 35 percent of those recently survey cited they’ve already started their holiday shopping.

∞ Ben Parr fired from Mashable

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John Murrell: Parr then confirmed his departure to AllThingsD, indicating that he’d have more to say on Monday. Mashable limited its official response to a single sentence, “confirming the terms of departure were termination.” This should be interesting.

Another test

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This one should have no infinity symbol, but larger text in the headline.

Apple leading vendor

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Here’s a link to The Loop. Infinity symbol should show up after the headline, but not before.

Test Post

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Where does the infinity symbol show up?

∞ My Living Desktop [Sponsor]

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Time to bring your desktop to life. Since 2005 My Living Desktop has been bringing a unique cross between a Video Desktop (moving wallpaper) and a traditional screensaver to your Macintosh. My Living Desktop adds a whole new dimension to … Continued

∞ Apprenticeships or College Degrees?

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Chris Martucci: We tell college freshman, “You have plenty of time to figure out what you want to do,” and they major in psychology, religion, or philosophy. Now, it’d be ironic for me to downplay these fields, but the sad … Continued

∞ Pixelmator

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I’d like to thank Pixelmator for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop. Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editing app for Mac OS X.

∞ Occupy Wall Street people, stop complaining

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Marcelo Somers:

Occupy Wall Street (and all the associated movements) completely defies what is amazing about today. I hate it because it’s sending young people every wrong message. Instead of inspiring the youth of today to create amazing things that add value to the world, it’s inspiring them to complain.Get out of the park and rethink the finance industry. Instead of protesting their ways, build something so great that society has to listen to what you’re doing, and take them down.

∞ Jawbone UP

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Shawn Blanc does a great review: It is clear to me that the UP is not a workout tracker as much as it is a low-level activity monitor. Or, put another way, I’d say the UP is an easy-to-use tool … Continued

∞ Sparrow

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I’d like to thank Sparrow for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed on The Loop.

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∞ Remembering our Veterans

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November 11 is a day of remembrance. In Canada it’s Remembrance Day, in the US it’s Veterans Day — whatever it’s called, today we remember the sacrifices of the men and women that protect our countries. This is not a … Continued

∞ On journalists retweeting

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Melanie Coulson on how journalists should retweet: I too, am going to propose something radical. I propose that we trust journalists to think for themselves. We are professionals, after all. I agree. I’ve always said that if you don’t trust … Continued

∞ Marilyn Monroe memorabilia up for auction

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Before she was Marilyn Monroe a young Norma Jeane Dougherty wrote to her foster mother, Grace Goddard, to describe a meeting with army photographers, specifically David Conover and her burgeoning modeling career. The eight-page letter gives insight on Norma Jeane’s … Continued

∞ Journalists and retweeting

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Jeff Sonderman offers a suggestion for journalists using Twitter to retweet thought-provoking comments without appearing biased – the “neutral retweet.”

∞ Google+ Pages

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In life we connect with all kinds of people, places and things. There’s friends and family, of course, but there’s also the sports teams we root for, the coffee shops we’re loyal to, and the TV shows we can’t stop watching (to name a few).So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people. But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about—from local businesses to global brands—so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide.

Google is putting a lot into its social networking venture.

∞ 34 Veterans Day pictures

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One of my biggest peeves in life is how people do not show enough respect for the men and women that have served our countries.

∞ NY Times sues Huffington Post over blog name

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Reuters: In a lawsuit filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Times said Huffington Post’s “Parentlode” blog had caused reader confusion with the newspaper’s 3-year-old “Motherlode” blog. Both blogs have been overseen by Lisa Belkin, who … Continued